b'Gender Parity CollaborativeMember SpotlightsAida Sabo Mike GladstoneVICE PRESIDENT, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION, PAREXEL VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNAL MEDICINE, PFIZERWhy is it critical for your organization to participate in the Gender Parity Collaborative? Why was it critical for your organization to be involved in the Gender Parity Its important for us to be part of the Gender Parity Collaborative for various reasons.Collaborative?First, we can learn best practices around gender equity/advancement. Second, weEXCERPTEDAt Pfizer, we believe that unleashing the power and potential of a diverse and highly can share some of our successes so that others learn from them as well. We valueFROM 2020 engaged workforce is critical to achieving our purposebreakthroughs that change collaborating on joint efforts to advance our industry. We have been formally committed topatients lives. Thats why we have doubled down on our commitment to becoming a diversity, equity, and inclusion for more than five years and have a dedicated departmentleader across our industry in gender equality, diversity, and inclusion. Participating in for DEI at the corporate level. Active participation in the Collaborative is a reflection of ourthe Collaborative enables us to learn from our industry peers, share best practices, commitment.and build critical support for the systemic changes that need to happen if were going to truly achieve gender parity as an industry.How has your company benefited from the Collaborative discussion forums with like-minded industry peers? As one of your organizations leaders, why are you personally committed to We draw inspiration, validation, ideas, synergy, and a strong sense that we are movingadvancing gender parity in the workplace?forward together towards a common goal. Because many of the members of theAs a global president overseeing a $9 billion business with nearly 8,000 colleagues, consortium are our customers, we continuously learn about their priorities and how theyI can tell you first-hand how important gender parity is to our success. I can think are aligned with ours and vice versa. This alignment is vitally important for the benefit ofof several examples where the addition of a female point of view has made the society and public health.difference between a good decision and a great one. For example, one of our most successful creative campaigns for Viagraa medicine for menwas the result What makes this consortium unique compared to other initiatives/investmentsof a key insight from female team members.As women are key advisors in their happening in your own organization? families healthcare decisions, it was important that our campaign was not just This consortium provides the opportunity to work collaboratively with other companiestargeted toward men. By encouraging a diversity of perspectives, we challengeourselves to think bigger and differently, and in my opinion, this almost always engaged in the healthcare field committed to gender parity.While our own corporate commitment is important, we gather further strength and validation through cooperationresults in a better product.and comparison with similar initiatives at other companies in our space.There is truly strength in numbers.What makes this consortium unique compared to other initiatives/investments happening in your own organization? 22 2021 We draw inspiration, validation, ideas, synergy, For more info visit genderparity.HBAnet.org 23It allows us the opportunity to accelerate our progress internally because we get to understand, deeply and intimately, whats worked well (and not so well) elsewhere. Theres a high level of respect and trust amongst the Collaborative members.and a strong sense that we are moving forward together towards a common goal.By encouraging a diversity of perspectives, we AIDA SABOchallenge ourselves to think bigger and differently, and in my opinion, this almost always results in a better product.MIKE GLADSTONE'